VISIT OF ONE OF THE BIGEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIMES, ANDREA LUCCHETTA, TO THE UMAGO VOLLEYBAL CLUBS

VISIT OF ONE OF THE BIGEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIMES, ANDREA LUCCHETTA, TO THE UMAGO VOLLEYBAL CLUBS

10.03.2017. the men's and women's clubs of Umag, during training, had a visit of one of the best volleyball players of all time, a member of the legendary Italian generation who, in the late 80s and early 90s, won all that there was to win with the national team of Italy, ANDREA LUCCHETTA.

That is to say, today in Umago was awarded a prize in the Italian community for the best athletes of the Italian Union (Croatia and Slovenia), where Andrea Lucchetta was present as a special guest and delegate of the Italian Olympic Committee.
On that occasion we made a surprise to our clubs during training.

The enthusiasm and the surprise were indescrivible. There is not always the opportunity to see this volleyball legend every day.

Andrea Lucchetta won the bronze medal at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and world gold medal in Rio de Janeiro in 1990. 3 golds in the World League Osaka 1990, Milan 1991, Genoa 1992 and gold medal at the Europeans in 1989 in Sweden.

In addition, with the clubs he was a champion four times Italy, five times winner of the Italian Cup, an Italian Supercup, a Champions League, three times winner of the Cup Winners' Cup, four times winner of the CEV Cup, a European Super Cup and twice winner of the world championship for clubs. An impressive volleyball career, which did not stop even after retirement in 2000. Today, in fact, Lucchetta working as a commentator on Italian television (RAISPORT) as a game commentator, but the main job is to work with young people, from smaller to those in elementary school and bring children closer to the sport in general, in which it invests and most of the time.

The players of MOK Umag-CPM Umago and the volleyball players OK UMAG of Melia Hotel, have had such an unforgettable event that they will surely remember for a lifetime. On that occasion, volleyball players take some memory foto together with Lucchetta for a memoris.

We thank's the Italian community and the city of Umag that allowed this meeting, which demonstrates once again that Umag is the city of sport.

Edi Forza

president

MOK Umag-CPM Umag

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